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[CrumblingInfrastructure]

Sheet metal fabricator,specializing in custom HVAC rectangular ductwork and fittings. I make fun of my boss most of the day with two other coworkers,and he loves it. I also get to DJ the shop radio,and skate curbs or whatever I built to skate for the time being during lunch. I get paid good I guess,I have a stack of responsibilities despite how much I get to fuck around. My boss is rad, and takes care of us. It'd be hard to leave because its like family there. The good outweighs the bad and I'm still learning a lot after more than a decade there.

Had a job for about 6 months cleaning HVAC/Duct Work. I was that little dude that would crawl into the ventilation and scoop the grease out or vac out the dust.

[Francis Xavier]

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Sheet metal fabricator,specializing in custom HVAC rectangular ductwork and fittings. I make fun of my boss most of the day with two other coworkers,and he loves it. I also get to DJ the shop radio,and skate curbs or whatever I built to skate for the time being during lunch. I get paid good I guess,I have a stack of responsibilities despite how much I get to fuck around. My boss is rad, and takes care of us. It'd be hard to leave because its like family there. The good outweighs the bad and I'm still learning a lot after more than a decade there.

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Had a job for about 6 months cleaning HVAC/Duct Work. I was that little dude that would crawl into the ventilation and scoop the grease out or vac out the dust.

That sounds so sketchy,it's a fucking tornado inside some duct runs depending where you're at in it!

[Made In China]

Finishing my last year of undergrad while working part time at a coffee shop and an office on campus. It's hectic balancing all of that but it's nice having money to pay for everything!

[iKobrakai]

Got full employment at the same insurance company, do a lot of accounting in receivables but my title is pension specialist, or some shit like that. As many others I spend a lot of time in Excel but like it.

As of now I also help the IT to digitalize some parts of our daily job. Pretty fun.

The benefits are good, too. Private insurance, good discount on my home loan and other stuff.

[CrumblingInfrastructure]

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Sheet metal fabricator,specializing in custom HVAC rectangular ductwork and fittings. I make fun of my boss most of the day with two other coworkers,and he loves it. I also get to DJ the shop radio,and skate curbs or whatever I built to skate for the time being during lunch. I get paid good I guess,I have a stack of responsibilities despite how much I get to fuck around. My boss is rad, and takes care of us. It'd be hard to leave because its like family there. The good outweighs the bad and I'm still learning a lot after more than a decade there.

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Had a job for about 6 months cleaning HVAC/Duct Work. I was that little dude that would crawl into the ventilation and scoop the grease out or vac out the dust.

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That sounds so sketchy,it's a fucking tornado inside some duct runs depending where you're at in it!

My record was 150 yards crawling through ducting and the shit was falling apart! It was all bowed halfway in so I snapped a bunch of pictures and showed my manager during my review and got a 2$ raise haha.

[Shifty Flip]

I miss the job I had for almost 15 years so badly. Had to move back east when my father got cancer, or I'd never have left. Great niche, family owned company. Good pay, close to D-Park, so I could get a sunrise session in (and bench freights at the same time usually). Trying to develop new products was so fun. My last big project too years trying to find the best ways to stop pavers from cracking and falling down into the good when there hello up by pedestals. I even had the owners ear to try to sell pop up plaza parks with their products.

http://bisonip.com/

Now I'm operating a vinyl siding extractor, which really stinks, literally. I would've been my boss's boss at my last job, and I don't have a locking office to hide and be on Slap all day now either.

Can't complain though, I make enough to pay the mortgage, let my wife stay at home with our baby son, and still pull the trigger anytime I see something good in the sale thread.

[Frank]

i've been a bartender and barista at several places for the last few years. sometimes i took some quick jobs waiting tables at events when the pay was good, but i'm done with that. phasing out the bartending job now since i want to stop working night shifts. i'd rather get up early and make coffee for 8 hours, then get off work in the afternoon.

i like manual labor. i had "better" jobs in management before, was local rep for a tech start up for a while, but then i went kind of insane, and since i almost make as much money doing the barista thing and because it's fun i've been sticking to it. me basically quitting drinking liquors also made it harder to stay a good bartender, although i still tastetest my drinks. i could have started at a really fancy bar place that was a bit too stuck up for me, but now i work in a fancy roastery instead and it's alright.

still thinking about going back to uni on the side to get some sort of degree, but have no idea how to squeeze the necessary hours into my work week.

[Dr Steve Brule]

I work as an carpenter for an art handling company. It's pretty physically demanding and it's dirty & dusty but I love the people I work with

[feedmeseymour]

I shoot birds at the airport.

is this a real thing?

[ungzilla]

it's absolutely a real thing... wildlife management specialist is a euphemism i'd see for that often posted on the texas a&m job boards.

[EPetrov]

i work a bullshit job thats disguised as marketing/pr.

[Jagr]

Working at a private golf course riding around on mowers and shit. Also get free golf and food but no skateboards allowed lol real chill doe

so like a groundskeeper? i always thought doing that for a golf course or ball field sounded cool.

i've been a self-employed writer for almost 10 years now. barely made any dough at first, now a really good amount. but i'm getting bummed on doing it full-time. started because i like writing and wanted to make some money doing it, but now i never want to write outside of work. i do love working from home and never dealing with anyone face to face (barely ever have to talk to clients outside of email, either)

thinking about moving down to part-time in the next year, focusing on one or two of my best clients. able to make ends meet with that. maybe drive some zamboni at the local rink on the weekends.

[LemThurdy]

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Working at a private golf course riding around on mowers and shit. Also get free golf and food but no skateboards allowed lol real chill doe

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so like a groundskeeper? i always thought doing that for a golf course or ball field sounded cool.

i've been a self-employed writer for almost 10 years now. barely made any dough at first, now a really good amount. but i'm getting bummed on doing it full-time. started because i like writing and wanted to make some money doing it, but now i never want to write outside of work. i do love working from home and never dealing with anyone face to face (barely ever have to talk to clients outside of email, either)

thinking about moving down to part-time in the next year, focusing on one or two of my best clients. able to make ends meet with that. maybe drive some zamboni at the local rink on the weekends.

Yeah it’s pretty chill. They want me to move up into a assistant superintendent position it’s not too bad it’s nice being outside all the time. Not too stressful at the end of the work shift I’m not thinking about that shit. Most of the guys that work w me are older and just want something chill to do for work. The residents of the country club are the biggest headaches

[IanBZHD]

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Sheet metal fabricator,specializing in custom HVAC rectangular ductwork and fittings. I make fun of my boss most of the day with two other coworkers,and he loves it. I also get to DJ the shop radio,and skate curbs or whatever I built to skate for the time being during lunch. I get paid good I guess,I have a stack of responsibilities despite how much I get to fuck around. My boss is rad, and takes care of us. It'd be hard to leave because its like family there. The good outweighs the bad and I'm still learning a lot after more than a decade there.

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Had a job for about 6 months cleaning HVAC/Duct Work. I was that little dude that would crawl into the ventilation and scoop the grease out or vac out the dust.

[close]

That sounds so sketchy,it's a fucking tornado inside some duct runs depending where you're at in it!

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My record was 150 yards crawling through ducting and the shit was falling apart! It was all bowed halfway in so I snapped a bunch of pictures and showed my manager during my review and got a 2$ raise haha.

I'm the mechanical engineer who designs all of that stuff and mechanical equipment... sorry guys 
Same as a few people in here, the job pays well and it's primarily sitting at a desk all day, so I can't complain too much. Definitely would enjoy doing something more creative for a living, but I've invested so much time already into being an engineer.

[Francis Xavier]

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Sheet metal fabricator,specializing in custom HVAC rectangular ductwork and fittings. I make fun of my boss most of the day with two other coworkers,and he loves it. I also get to DJ the shop radio,and skate curbs or whatever I built to skate for the time being during lunch. I get paid good I guess,I have a stack of responsibilities despite how much I get to fuck around. My boss is rad, and takes care of us. It'd be hard to leave because its like family there. The good outweighs the bad and I'm still learning a lot after more than a decade there.

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Had a job for about 6 months cleaning HVAC/Duct Work. I was that little dude that would crawl into the ventilation and scoop the grease out or vac out the dust.

[close]

That sounds so sketchy,it's a fucking tornado inside some duct runs depending where you're at in it!

[close]

My record was 150 yards crawling through ducting and the shit was falling apart! It was all bowed halfway in so I snapped a bunch of pictures and showed my manager during my review and got a 2$ raise haha.

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I'm the mechanical engineer who designs all of that stuff and mechanical equipment... sorry guys 
Same as a few people in here, the job pays well and it's primarily sitting at a desk all day, so I can't complain too much. Definitely would enjoy doing something more creative for a living, but I've invested so much time already into being an engineer.

That sounds awesome, but I could see the monotony. Crumbling-thats a raise well earned! I enjoy working with my hands,but sometimes its nice to sit on a computer and input fittings for the cnc

[pizzafliptofakie]

I'm a reviewer for the American Mathematical Society. I basically edit/format academic articles and journals for our database. In essence it's just a boring office job, but it's the first job I've ever had that pays me well, has GREAT benefits, and actually has something to do with my (English) degree so I'm pretty jazzed about it.

[Bruh Man]

Cool to scroll back and be reminded of some of the posters from years back.

I manage a group living environment for folks with mental health diagnoses. Completely irrelevant to my video production degree, but I'm stoked on the people I work for and with. It's amazing what helping others can teach/reveal about yourself along the way.

[Bruh Man]

I just started a new job 3 months ago as a support worker, mostly working with at-risk kids and older males with physical and mental disabilities. So far its been the most rewarding job and definitely more my speed compared to some of the other jobs I've had. The coolest thing is one of the kids I look after loves to ride scooters and sometimes rolls around on a board and since he found out I skate he's been wanting to go down to the skatepark every day of the week so hopefully, I can get him on the board more often!

Sick, sharing positive experiences like skating with the people I support is one of the best parts of my job for sure.

[sometimeperhaps]

Work as a graphic designer in the healthcare/pharma space. The work is super vanilla, and not fulfilling artistically, but it pays well and the people I work with are cool. It's my first full-time job related to what I went to school for, so I can't complain to much. Seems like a place I could work at for the next 20 years, which is great from a stability standpoint, but I think would also hurt my prospects if I stay to long.

[Justis]

I am a busboy/barback pretty dead end but it pays da bills

[Frank]

justis, man i love being the barback instead of the actual batender. sometimes i hate messing with the customers. we usually work in pairs where both are bartenders and then we just split responsibilities in terms of who knows what better or likes to do this better. on a day without much traffic i would offer them to just be the barback and keep everything nice, clean and refilled. for some reason i love cleaning up the place and most my bartender coworkers hate that and are also slow as fuck, so they are usually psyched. for me it means i get a break from talking to the customers all the time and i still earn the same money per hour. when you run around like a janitor, broom always in hand, no one asks you for a drink anyway.

[redcurb12]

i work for a small business that handles global customer service and e.comm management for a few swedish electronics brands and a logistics company - new contracts come and go but these are our main clients right now. i spent a couple years mainly on social media, answering e-mails, and customer inquiries but then transitioned into a management role. now i spend most days wearing the bossy pants, handling wholesale inquiries, sourcing new clients, supporting our staff and training new people. because we're a small growing company it's a lot of fun being able to implement changes and add my own personal touch. it's a pretty modern workplace and offers a lot of flexibility with hours and working remotely. it's perfect for my lifestyle and overall a pretty dope company to work for. on the negative side i spend most days at a desk behind a computer and am really starting to notice the effect it has on my body

[fs overkrook]

I’m a brewer (cold brew coffee) for an up and coming local coffee chain in San Diego. They have 9 locations and growing. The management is spotty and the vibe of the company is super whack, but I have a company credit card, a company vehicle and people stay out of my hair for the most part.

I ge to do deliveries most days of the week so it’s not entirely bad but I’m so over it. I’m also moving to Italy with my family at the end of the year and I’m starting to realize I’ll miss a good paying job when I’m unemployed in a poor city.

[Sleazy]

still trying to get my little custom software company into a sustainable place. it's basically been a lifestyle company with some pretty heavy perks. i make probably double what i would as a full time employee, i get to work whenever i want. i worked out by the pool and on beaches and things like that this summer a lot.



my wife's a stay at home mom so we get to spend a lot of time together. i ride my cruiser board with my kids to and from school most days which is amazing. yesterday i was invited to be a part of this tv show one of my clients was being featured on which was a cool experience.



i find the kinds of people i network with to be way more interesting than the people i network with on corp jobs a lot of the time. they are all really passionate and create products start to finish while in the corp jobs there's a lot of people punching the clock and focused on really small parts of the product they are working on.

on the flip side it can be really stressful. i work 10-12 hours most days start at around 4-5am. you go from feeling like you've got everything figured out to thinking "what the hell am i doing here" pretty frequently as your project load goes up and down. it's hard to do everything well so things slip and you are constantly trying to figure out how to balance it all.

[iKobrakai]

What the fuck is a "lifestyle" company? Legit question.

[Sleazy]

"A lifestyle business is a business set up and run by its founders primarily with the aim of sustaining a particular level of income and no more; or to provide a foundation from which to enjoy a particular lifestyle. Some types of enterprise are more accessible than others to the would-be lifestyle business person."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle_business

it's not considered a serious company by a lot of people. it basically means that you've got a company created that allows you to maintain a cool or fun lifestyle but that the business isn't growing and so it's not good for investment or great place for people to work as employees would obviously want to be able to have a career path which can only exist under growth.

[feedmeseymour]

jurassic park was a lifestyle company too...

[iKobrakai]

"A lifestyle business is a business set up and run by its founders primarily with the aim of sustaining a particular level of income and no more; or to provide a foundation from which to enjoy a particular lifestyle. Some types of enterprise are more accessible than others to the would-be lifestyle business person."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle_business

it's not considered a serious company by a lot of people. it basically means that you've got a company created that allows you to maintain a cool or fun lifestyle but that the business isn't growing and so it's not good for investment or great place for people to work as employees would obviously want to be able to have a career path which can only exist under growth.

I see. I work in corporate so I don't understand any of those thing.

Most people would kill themselves if they lived my "lifestyle" for a week.

[ungzilla]

i'd pay good money for newman's shirt

[feedmeseymour]

"A lifestyle business is a business set up and run by its founders primarily with the aim of sustaining a particular level of income and no more; or to provide a foundation from which to enjoy a particular lifestyle. Some types of enterprise are more accessible than others to the would-be lifestyle business person."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle_business

it's not considered a serious company by a lot of people. it basically means that you've got a company created that allows you to maintain a cool or fun lifestyle but that the business isn't growing and so it's not good for investment or great place for people to work as employees would obviously want to be able to have a career path which can only exist under growth.

so is the idea that you (not you specifically but a lifestyle company in general) are staying stagnate as a company so you can be providing the "customer" with the "product" at better quality or better price just to get the company out there and taking pay cuts by doing so? or is it just simply to just pay your bills and thats where it ends?

if someone wanted to get more "product" would you be like "nahh we already made enough to pay rent this month so no more work for us, no more profits for now. see ya next month"

also that newman shirt is too good.